MarciH's Blog (28)

I finished the scarf I was making for my very good friend Andrea. As you probably guessed by the title of this post, I used Comfy Worsted Yarn in Cypress. The pattern is a free pattern from Ravelry, you can find it…

I finished it. If I wasn't making it for my mom I would have never finished it. It was great travel knitting. It went with me to Austria, Germany, Italy, Yellowstone for New Years, and lots and lots of meetings at work.

Buying a gift card is a bitter sweet activity for me. On one hand, I'm giving a gift that gives in two ways--you get it as a gift, then they get to go shop with it, so it kinda doubles the enjoyment. Also, of course, they get exactly what they want.

On the other hand, it's kind of impersonal and can carry that negative connotation that I didn't put much thought into it.

AmongTheRoses had several really great entries for this contest, including:

Her son using bottle caps as "army guys," and he stores them all in an old coffee can when not in use
She uses old pantyhose as shoe shiners
Her and her children saved cellophane candy wrappers to complete a "stained glass" project
And she uses any possible scrap paper, from holiday wrapping paper to shredded junk mail to… Continue

I used it for the first time last week at Trader Joes. I was so excited by how well it worked that I took a photo. It was so fun to have the person at the check out pull it out of my basket and fill it with my groceries--I was so proud :).

So if you were on the fence about the tote, go get it. You'll love carrying it around because it's pretty, and you'll love using it because it works really… Continue

We all do it, right? We all have things around the house that we use in a creative way--a way that they weren’t meant to be used for. We may not have even thought about the fact that those “re-uses” are each a tiny step towards helping to keep the planet green.

I mean, is there a more creative group than knitters? We take yarn and turn it into everything from sweaters to dish cloths to baby toys. And knitting a reusable grocery tote just… Continue

Holly is the winner of our "Give One Away" contest, where we asked people to tell their best story of giving away their finished knitted projects. All of the stories were posted in the "Give One Away" Knit along. We'll contact Holly directly, get her mailing address, and send her a great gift basket filled with organic goodies, plus needles and yarn from Knit… Continue

Last weekend I went on a 40 mile lodge to lodge hike with my parents along the Rogue River in Oregon. I was carrying everything I needed for the hike on my back, so I was very conscience of weight and bulk. Of course though, I had to bring knitting.

The picture is of me and my dad.

So I brought 3 balls of comfy from my stash and tested some hand… Continue

Actually I finished it this weekend while watching the scariest movie I've ever seen, "30 Days of Night" about vampires that attack an Alaska town in winter. I was alone and it was dark and I was gripping my needles with all my might.

It's quite a bit smaller than the original tote pattern called for because, well, I'm short. I made the the body about 10 inches… Continue

Just like we wish that peace on earth wasn't only on Dec 25, we've decided to extend "Earth Day" to at least an "Earth Week."

Katie made these awesome rear view mirror hang tags and/or a placard for your dashboard to help you remember your reusable grocery bags. By the way, that's the first time I've ever used the word "placard" did I do it correctly?

I went digging through those dark, sad recesses of the cabinets around… Continue

It took me so long to post about this project because I lost the page with the pattern on it. I cleaned out my craft room this week and found it! I pulled the pattern out of a "Crafts 'n Things" magazine, though all I have is the page that I pulled out and it doesn't list the issue date. I'd guess the issue was last summer.

The original pattern was for mittens and scarf and this hat and all had a red cherry on top. I changed it to… Continue

My brother's wife is pregnant with the first grandchild of the family. She's due at the end of December and they are having a boy. I wanted to complete the project and give it to her when I saw them at Thanksgiving.

I’m a fairly new knitter still, just hats and scarves so far, so I’m still learning a lot. My latest learning is the difference between self-striping yarn and variegated or hand painted yarn. I finished my scarf out of Felici Dakota and guess what…it's self stripes! I’ve had everyone from my Dad to the… Continue